Shishaldin 1953/10
Start: October 3, 1953 ± 4 Days [1]
Event Type: Explosive
Max VEI: 2 [2]
- Steam [3]
- Tephra plume [1]
Description: Snyder (1954): "On March 2 [1953] Richard McDonald, U.S. Geological Survey seismologist stationed at Adak, rode a Navy plane from Kodiak to Adak and back. He reported steam rising from Pavlof, Shishaldin, Makushin, and a small cone within Okmok Caldera on this day." Powers (1953; 1958) reports an ash eruption at Shishaldin in October, 1953.
References Cited
[1] Current activity of Aleutian volcanoes, 1953
Powers, H. A., 1953, Current activity of Aleutian volcanoes: The Volcano Letter, v. 522, p. 6.
full-text PDF 397 KB [2] Volcanoes of the world [2nd edition], 1994
Simkin, Tom, and Siebert, Lee, 1994, Volcanoes of the world [2nd edition]: Tucson, Arizona, Geoscience Press, 349 p.[3] Eruption of Trident Volcano, Katmai National Monument, Alaska, Feb.-June 1953, 1954
Snyder, G. L., 1954, Eruption of Trident Volcano, Katmai National Monument, Alaska, Feb.-June 1953: U.S. Geological Survey Circular C 0318, 7 p., 2 sheets, scale unknown.Complete Eruption References
Volcanoes of the world [2nd edition], 1994
Simkin, Tom, and Siebert, Lee, 1994, Volcanoes of the world [2nd edition]: Tucson, Arizona, Geoscience Press, 349 p.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC shelf
Eruption of Trident Volcano, Katmai National Monument, Alaska, Feb.-June 1953, 1954
Snyder, G. L., 1954, Eruption of Trident Volcano, Katmai National Monument, Alaska, Feb.-June 1953: U.S. Geological Survey Circular C 0318, 7 p., 2 sheets, scale unknown.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet
Current activity of Aleutian volcanoes, 1953
Powers, H. A., 1953, Current activity of Aleutian volcanoes: The Volcano Letter, v. 522, p. 6.
full-text PDF 397 KB 